Favor snapper and cracker.



E. J. KUNKELY. FAVOR SNAPPER AND CRACKER.

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EDWARD J'. KUINKELY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FAVOR SNAPPER AND CRACKER.

To all Awhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD JULIUs KUN- KELY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Favor Snappers and Crackers, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a device placed inside of cylindrical dinner favors or crackers as they are Called and has for its advantages the improvement in the construction of such devices.

The snapper or cracker is usually formed of two strips of paper each carrying a portion of an explosive compound and means Y for exploding it which, when pulled apart will cause an explosion of some considerable force.

My device has to do with the construction of this cracker or snapper and has for its principal object the construction of such a device in one complete and integral unit which under ordinary conditions will not re-v quire the careful manipulation and wrapping necessary in the well known snappers.

The following is what I consider a good means of carrying out this invention and, the accompanying' drawings should be considered for a complete understanding of the specification which follows:

In the drawings I-`igure l is a plan view of a snapper.

Fig. 2 an enlarged view in side elevation.

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the parts before they are joined.

I ig. 4 a perspective view of one of the parts after an operation.

Fig. 5 shows a modification.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parte in all the figures where they appear.

lily device consists of two strips of paper similar in construction and joined together.

At l, I have shown one strip of paper oblong in plan and provided with a pluralitv of perforations 2 or some other means by which the paper is weakened at a point near one end thereof.

Quite near the perforation I arrange a frictional surface 3 and spaced away therefrom an explosive retaining surface 4, and4 between the explosive surface 4, and the longest end of the paper strip l, I provide an adhesive surface 5. Y

The other strip 6 is similarly prepared having a weakened portion i', a frictional Specification of Letters Patent. Llltrltqgd Jian, 15, ltljl,

Application led February 24, 1917.

Serial No. 150,807.

surface 8 and an explosive 9, and an adhesive 10.

When placed together the short end of each strip beyond the weakened lines 2 and 7 are attached to the adhesive surfaces 5 and 10 and allowed to dry.

The device or cracker is now ready to be inserted into a favor and this maybe done by placing the cracker between the cylinder and the decorative covering thereof, or in any other desirable part of the favors, and when so arranged the device is ready for use.

To explode the cracker the free ends are grasped between the fingers and a sharp pull will cause both of the weakened portions 2 and 7 to part. is some pressure or force is necessary to pull apart even the weakened portions, the two strips of paper will separate with a quick snapping movement which will cause one or both of the frictional surfaces 3 or 8 to pass over the ex plosive mixture upon the opposite strip, this movement of the frictional surface or abrasive upon the explosive will fire the explosive.

lVhen pulled apart and fired as just described, each strip will have the appearance shown in Fig. 4, where 6 indicates the strip, 1I the roughened end caused by the tearing away of'the weakened portion, and at l2 I show the end of the opposite strip adhering to gum or adhesive on the strip 6.

Une of the vspecial advantages derived from my construction is that the parts are actually secured together before they are fired and therefore it is not necessary to wrap the ends as must be done when the parts are merely brought togetherl without gumming. I can however provide a wrapper as shown at 13 in Fig. 5, though this will only be necessary or desirable where the cracker is used in a loose package or a pack age containing bon-bons or a material or de vice that would be affected bv the explosion.

Although I have shown a line of perforations as the means for weakening the ends of my strips I desire it understood that a double line of finer perforations, or scored line or any other means may be employed for accomplishing this very desirable purpose.

The size and length of the respective parte may be changed at will and the arrangement of the respective surfaces may be varied and other modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without de-7 IDG parting from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention what I claini and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A cracker for favors or the like con sisting oi' two parts joined together by their extreme ends and each having a weakened portion adjacent to its secured end.

2. A cracker or the like comprising a plurality oit' strips of iiexible material the ends of which overlap and are joined, an explosive and abrasive mixture between said Strips and a weakened portion between said explosive mixtures and the joined portions of each strip.

3. A device of the character described comprising a plurality of strips of paper overlapping each otherthe' end of. cach strip being secured to the body of the adjacent strip7 an explosive mixture between said strips and means for exploding it by a relative'movement of said strips and a line of perforations transversely across each strip and Vbetween its secured end and the 4explosive niixture and adapted to break away by an operative pull upon the free ends of each said strip to cause an explosion between said strips as and vfor the purpose set fort-h.

Signed at New York city, inthe county of New York, and State of N ew'York this 23rd day of Feb. 1917.

EDVARD J. KUNKELY. l/Vi-tnesses: Y

G., S.y Manni ARTHUR Prrnnrs Mann.

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